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Peer reviewedNtiri, Daphne Williams – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1981
Describes an experimental program in which computer-assisted instruction (CAI) was utilized by Chrysler Learning as a means for training disadvantaged youth in basic academic areas within given time periods. A comparison of two groups--one trained using CAI, the other trained without CAI--is presented. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Disadvantaged Youth
Download full textKeup, Jennifer Rinella – 1998
This digest discusses two specific computer-aided instruction systems used in two-year colleges in the United States and Canada, and addresses critical points regarding system implementation in remedial education programs. As developed in the Nova Scotia Community College System in Canada, the INVEST computer system provides literacy-based…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Simutis, Zita M. – 1979
A study was conducted to determine the instructional effectiveness of supplementary computer assisted instruction (CAI) for high school equivalency training in the military. Thirty-two students in language arts classes and 32 students in mathematics classes were randomly divided into two groups: one receiving traditional instruction and the other…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction
Caldwell, Robert M. – 1980
A Dallas County consortium study investigated use of the Control Data Basic Skills Learning System (computer-based education) as a means for providing a comprehensive, high quality program of individualized instruction in reading, mathematics, and language arts. It also examined issues related to the motivation of students whose training was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis
Nabors, Donald Gene – 1974
The purpose of this study was to make comparisons between intermediate grade black pupils in an individualized, computer-supported instructional program and intermediate grade black pupils who were in a traditional, self-contained classroom instructional program. Specifically, the basic problem was that of determining the extent to which an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Black Students, Comparative Analysis
Taylor, Vivian Baker; Rosecrans, Deborah – 1986
A study investigated the effects of computer-assisted instruction on the vocabulary development of college students enrolled in a developmental reading program at a two-year college of a metropolitan, midwestern university. The subjects were 41 entry level students, 98% of whom had never used computers as an instructional tool. The students were…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Meyer, Linda A.; And Others – 1983
To evaluate the relative effectiveness of traditional versus computer managed instruction (CMI) basic skills programs for incarcerated adults, 359 male inmates from three traditional self-paced and three PLATO/CMI programs were given pretests in the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) and the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS). Following three…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
